Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Provo, Utah

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah, to Mary E. Syphus, Provo, Utah, dated May 19, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss Mary E Syphus
By—U-Academy Preve-Utah Panaca
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Lincoln ’Nevada
Envelope postmarked: Logan, Mary 20, 1894, 8 pm, Utah.
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Logan City
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May 19 1894
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Miss Mary E. Syphus;
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Provo Utah;
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Dear Friend
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Your ever kind and wel-
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come letter was gladly received
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on Tuesday last, I was very
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pleased to hear from you
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once more and to ream how
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bravely you were steming off
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the limited time that you
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are to remain in Utah.
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I feel quite disapointed
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in not being able to acompany
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you part way home. I cannot
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leave here until Tuesday
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twenty seventh, The team will
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not be at Milford for us until
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to spend two or three days,
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visiting, between here and there
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You no doubt will leave
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Provo on twenty eighth. I wish
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you a pleasant journey over
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the rough and ruged deserts.
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I must say I was
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very much surprised to hear
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you hated to leave Provo so
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bad, I wonder there isnt
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some other attraction beside
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school, that would stay your
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lingering foot steps,
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I guess your examination
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will be all over with, this past
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week, so you can have one week
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of enjoyment before you start
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home,
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Our test is to come
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yet, and to say I will be thankful
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just expresses it in the least
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or milder form. I do not think
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I will be nearly so happy when
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it comes as when it is over with
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"Seems as though all
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the promises I ever make, hardly
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any of them are ever fulfilled." I think you have repeated this same thought, in your mind, many times concerning me, but if you have time to listen to so many idle words that fall from my lij?s and pen , I would like to form a few more, Please do not except of them as promises but as words of condition; and them from a very changeable mind.
I know my adioms are very censurable but my meaning is good. It has been so long ago I had almost forgot to tell what I started out to.
Seeing I will not get to see you before you get horn, I perhaps can pay you a visit during the summer or be in company
with you when you come back to school.
I have made up my mind to stay in Logan if I can get a job of the kind of work I would like, but as times are very
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J.M.B.
dull there isnt much prospect
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of me staying here.
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If you answer this
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before you leave Provo be sure
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to answer in time so I can
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get it before Tuesday, twenty eighth,
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I will expect to hear from
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you, so you must not think
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this April, and try and make
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a fool out of me
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Trusting these few lines will
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find you in the best of spirits
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so my cheeks will not burn from
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the scolding I otherwise get.
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Written across top of Page 4 I remain
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as ever
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Yours Truly
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